Parotitis

Valeria Fabre, M.D., Paul G. Auwaerter, M.D.

PATHOGENS

PATHOGENS

PATHOGENS

Common pathogens below:

  • Viral:
    • Mumps: (most common viral cause, usually bilateral enlargement)
    • Enteroviruses
    • CMV
    • Influenza
    • HIV
  • Bacterial:
    • Staphyloccocus aureus (most common cause of acute suppurative parotitis)
    • Streptococcus species
    • Actinomyces
    • Mixed infections (anaerobes, Gram positives and Gram negatives)
    • Mycobacterium tuberculosis (rare)
  • Anaerobes (Peptostreptococcus spp., Cutibacterium acnes, Prevotella spp., Fusobacterium spp.)

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